It’s September 4. 
Today is National “Newspaper Carrier Day.”  How long before this becomes an archaic** holiday?  Anyone ever a paperboy out there?

Trivial Fact of the Day:   Every human being once spent about half an hour as a single cell.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”  --Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish author of Treasure Island)

**Vocabulary Word of the Day:  archaic (adjective) – this word describes something that is very old or old-fashioned. What are three things--besides newspaper carriers--that are going to become archaic in the near future?

 

Blocks 2,3,4 - Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are reading days. As soon as you finish reading the blog get out your book and begin reading. Next we are going to finish interviewing our books and discuss genres of literature.

 

Block 1 - Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are reading days. As soon as you finish reading the blog get out your book and begin reading. Vocabulary book introduction and our textbook Springboard.